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EP2324175B1
EP2324175B1 EP08782889.3A EP08782889A EP2324175B1 EP 2324175 B1 EP2324175 B1 EP 2324175B1 EP 08782889 A EP08782889 A EP 08782889A EP 2324175 B1 EP2324175 B1 EP 2324175B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D5/00—Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment
    • E05D5/02—Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps
    • E05D5/0246—Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps for attachment to glass panels
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D11/00—Additional features or accessories of hinges
    • E05D11/10—Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts
    • E05D11/1014—Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts for maintaining the hinge in only one position, e.g. closed
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D11/00—Additional features or accessories of hinges
    • E05D11/10—Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts
    • E05D11/1028—Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts for maintaining the hinge in two or more positions, e.g. intermediate or fully open
    • E05D11/1078—Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts for maintaining the hinge in two or more positions, e.g. intermediate or fully open the maintaining means acting parallel to the pivot
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/06—Hinges with pins with two or more pins
    • E05D3/12—Hinges with pins with two or more pins with two parallel pins and one arm
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F1/00—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
    • E05F1/08—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings
    • E05F1/10—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for swinging wings, e.g. counterbalance
    • E05F1/12—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs
    • E05F1/1207—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs with a coil spring parallel with the pivot axis
    • E05F1/1215—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs with a coil spring parallel with the pivot axis with a canted-coil torsion spring
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F3/00—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices
    • E05F3/20—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices in hinges
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/02—Hinges with pins with one pin
    • E05D2003/025—Hinges with pins with one pin having three knuckles
    • E05D2003/027—Hinges with pins with one pin having three knuckles the end knuckles being mutually connected
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/02—Hinges with pins with one pin
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/20—Brakes; Disengaging means; Holders; Stops; Valves; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/21—Brakes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/20—Brakes; Disengaging means; Holders; Stops; Valves; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/218—Holders
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/20—Brakes; Disengaging means; Holders; Stops; Valves; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/252—Type of friction
    • E05Y2201/254—Fluid or viscous friction
    • E05Y2201/256—Fluid or viscous friction with pistons or vanes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/40—Motors; Magnets; Springs; Weights; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/46—Magnets

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  • the present invention relates to magnetic hinges.
  • a conventional hinge generally includes a pair of hinge plates pivotably secured together by a hinge pin enabling movement of the hinge plates relative to each other.
  • One common use of a traditional hinge is in the use of pivotably mounting a door.
  • hinges are neither monostable nor bistable in that the hinge does not favour or does not bias toward a particular position or orientation.
  • hinges for shower doors it is desirable to provide a hinge which maintains and/or biases the hinge plates to one or more positions.
  • One known hinge includes a hinge pin including a flattened surface portion which operatively interacts with a spring in order to maintain the hinge plates in a defined orientation.
  • one end of the spring biases against the circumferential surface of the pin which is generally circular except for the flattened surface portion.
  • the hinge pin rotates relative to the spring.
  • the flattened surface portion of the hinge pin is butted against the end of the spring. The torsional force in the spring substantially maintains the spring in a butted position against the flattened surface portion of the hinge pin, thereby substantially maintaining the hinge in the defined position.
  • DE 10 2005 005 139 A1 discloses a device for retaining a door hinge to the body of a car in an open position according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a hinge including:
  • the dampening mechanism is a hydraulic mechanism.
  • the hydraulic mechanism includes a hydraulic piston which substantially protrudes from the second hinge member, and wherein when the first and second hinge elements move toward the retained position, the overlapping portion urges against the hydraulic piston which gradually retracts into a hydraulic cylinder of the hydraulic mechanism.
  • the hydraulic mechanism is spring loaded to eject a portion of the piston from the cylinder once the first and second hinge members move from the retained position to an unretained position.
  • the hinge includes a joining member which pivotally joins the first hinge member to the second hinge member.
  • a first retaining pin extends through and is releasably retained within a first hollow of the joining member to thereby releasably secure the joining member in pivotal connection, about the first retaining pin, with the first hinge member.
  • the first retaining pin supports the biasing mechanism, wherein a first end of the biasing mechanism is attached to the retaining pin and a second end of the biasing mechanism butts against a stop surface of the joining member, wherein pivotal movement of the first and second members away from the retained state cause potential energy to build in the biasing mechanism, thereby biasing the first and second hinge members toward the retained position.
  • the biasing mechanism is a spring.
  • a second retaining pin extends through and is releasably retained within a second hollow of the joining member to thereby releasably fix the joining member to the second hinge member.
  • the joining member includes a third magnetic element, and wherein the first magnetic force between the first magnetic element and the third magnetic element biases the first hinge member and second hinge member toward the retained position.
  • the first hinge member includes a first hinge front plate and a first hinge rear plate which are releasably secured together
  • the second hinge member includes a second hinge front plate and a second hinge rear plate which are releasably secured together.
  • first and second hinge members are moveable to an unstable position wherein magnetic force between the first and second elements bias the first and second hinge members to move from the unstable position to the retained position.
  • first and second hinge members are moveable to a range of freely moveable positions wherein the magnetic force between the first and second magnetic elements fail to retain and/or bias the first and second hinge elements.
  • the first and second magnetic elements are of opposite polarity such that the first and second magnetic elements are attracted to each other.
  • the first hinge member includes at least one aperture to receive and retain the first magnetic element.
  • the second hinge member includes at least one aperture to receive and retain the second magnetic element.
  • the first hinge member includes an arm which extends from a first hinge body of the first hinge member
  • the second hinge member includes a pair of arms which extend from a second hinge body, wherein the pair of arms define a recess which corresponds to the arm of the first hinge member, wherein the arms of the first and second hinge members include the first and second magnetic elements respectively.
  • first and second magnetic elements retained by the arms of the first and second hinge members are superposed when the first and second hinge members are maintained in the retained position.
  • the first hinge member includes a first series of first magnetic elements of varying magnetic strength
  • the second hinge member includes a second series of second magnetic element of varying magnetic strength, wherein the first and second series control the speed which the first and second hinge members pivotally move from the unstable position to the stable position.
  • a hinge 100 including a first hinge member 101 including at least one first magnetic element 103, 105, and a second hinge member 102 including at least one second magnetic element 104, 106, wherein the first and second hinge members 101, 102 are hingedly mounted.
  • the first and second hinged members 101, 102 are substantially maintained in a retained position, as shown in figure 2 , via magnetic force between the first and second magnetic elements 103, 104, 105 and 106.
  • the first and second hinge members 101, 102 are moveable to an unstable position wherein magnetic force between the first and second magnetic elements 103, 104, 105, 106 bias the first and second hinge members 101, 102 to move from the unstable position to the retained position as illustrated in the top view of Figure 2 .
  • first and second hinge members 101, 102 are moveable to at least one freely moveable position wherein the first and second magnetic elements 103, 104, 105, 106 fail to bias or maintain the hinge members 101, 102 in a defined orientation relative to each other.
  • the first hinge member 101 includes a hinge body 115 which includes an extending arm 110.
  • the arm 110 includes an aperture 116 which allows a hinge pin 107 to protrude therethrough.
  • the arm 110 also includes at least one magnetic element aperture 117, 118, wherein each magnetic element aperture 117, 118 retains a respective one of the magnetic elements 103, 105.
  • the first magnetic elements have a conventional south polarity.
  • the second hinge member 102 includes hinge body 119 and a pair of arms 111, 112 which extend therefrom and define a recess portion 120 which substantially corresponds to the arm 110 of the first hinge member 101.
  • the first and second arms 111, 112 each include a hinge pin aperture 121, 122 which receive and retain at least a respective portion of the hinge pin 107 which protrudes through the arm 110 of the first hinge member 101, thereby pivotably mounting the first and second hinge members 101, 102 via the hinge pin 107 such that the first and second hinge members 101, 102 hingedly move about hinge axis 108.
  • the magnetic elements have a conventional north polarity.
  • the first and second arms 111, 112 of the second hinge member also include respective magnetic element apertures 123, 124 which each receive and retain one of the second magnetic elements 104, 106.
  • first magnetic elements 103, 105 are superposed and aligned such that the close proximity between the first and second magnetic elements 103, 104, 105, 106 facilitate the retention of the first and second hinge members 101, 102 in the retained position.
  • the first and second magnetic elements are magnetically attracted to each other to facilitate the retention of the first and second hinge members 101, 102 in the retained position.
  • each hinge member 101, 102 includes a cavity 113, 114 which allows for a door member members 901, 902 (illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 1 ) to be received and retained therein.
  • the hinge 100 is designed to couple to a frameless glass door for a shower.
  • the proximity between the first and second magnetic elements 103, 104, 105, 106 is of a distance which substantially reduces the magnetic force between the magnetic elements 103, 104, 105, 106 to bias the hinge members 101, 102 to the retained position, such that the hinge members 101, 102 are able to move within a range of freely moveable positions as illustrated by arrow 900.
  • hinge 100 is configured to retain the hinge members 101, 102 in a retained position where the hinge members 101, 102 are parallel to each other as illustrated in Figure 2 , other arrangements are possible which result in the hinge being maintained is other desired retained positions.
  • one of the hinge members includes a pair of arms 500, 501 wherein each arm 500, 501 includes an elbow 502, 503 such that the first and second hinge members 101, 102 are maintained in a retained position where hinge body 115, 119 of the first and second hinge members 101, 102 are orthogonal to each other.
  • the hinge members 101, 102 can be moved to an unstable position wherein the magnetic elements 103, 104, 105, 106 bias the hinge members 101, 102 back to the retained position where the hinge bodies 115, 119 are orthogonally positioned relative to each other.
  • the first hinge member 101 includes additional magnetic elements 701, 702 which are located at edges of the hinge body 115 to at least partially surround the second magnetic elements 104, 106 of the second hinge member.
  • the additional magnetic elements 701, 702 are received and retained within additional magnetic element apertures 703, 704 respectively.
  • the additional magnetic elements 701, 702 in combination with the first magnetic elements 103, 105 help maintain the hinge members in 101, 102 in the retained position by at least partially surrounding the second magnetic elements 104, 106.
  • the magnetic elements 103, 104, 105, 106 have a circular cross section. However, it will be appreciated that other cross sectional profiles for the magnetic elements 103, 104, 105, 106 can be used.
  • the magnetic elements 103, 104, 105, 106 are preferably of small size but are of significant magnetic strengths and may be formed of alnico, neodymium (a rare earth metal) or like materials of high magnetic flux.
  • the magnetic elements 103, 104, 105, 106 have sufficient magnetic strength that, in the absence of an intentional effort to move the door members coupled to the hinge members 102, 101, the hinge members 101, 102 are maintained in the retained position. That is, the magnetic elements 103, 104, 105, 106 are sufficiently strong to preclude movement of hinge members from the retained position to the unstable or free moving position.
  • the arms 110, 111, 112 of the hinge members 101, 102 include a series of magnetic elements of various strengths in order to control the speed which the hinge members 101, 102 move from the unstable position to the retained position.
  • magnetic elements which are positioned closer to the edge of the respective arm are of weaker magnetic strength compared to more centrally located magnetic elements, wherein the differential in magnetic strength between the outer and centrally located magnetic elements facilitates controlling the speed of the movement of the hinge members 101, 102 from the unstable to retained position.
  • an alternative embodiment includes providing the hinge with first and second magnetic elements which are of the same polarity.
  • a repulsive magnetic force between the first and second magnetic elements maintains and biases the hinge members 101, 102 in a defined retained position wherein the first and second magnetic elements are substantially non-overlapping such (i.e. the magnetic elements are not superposed).
  • FIG. 8 there is shown an embodiment of a hinge 800 according to the invention.
  • the hinge illustrated in Figure 8 includes a biasing mechanism to bias the first and second hinge members 801, 802 from an unretained position to a retained position.
  • the first hinge member 801 includes a front plate 806 and a rear plate 804.
  • the second hinge member 802 includes a front plate 810 and a rear plate 808.
  • the front and rear plates 804, 806, 808, 810 of the first and second hinge members 801, 802 are separable via releasable screws 803, wherein the rear plates 804, 808 of each hinge member 801, 802 includes a plurality of holes 812, 814 for receiving therethrough one of the screws 803, and the inner surface of each front plate includes a respective threaded element 870 for receiving the tail of the screw 803 for releasable engagement.
  • the first hinge member includes an overlapping portion 807 which extends from the rear hinge plate 804 of the first hinge member 801 and overlaps a recessed portion 805 of the rear plate 808 of the second hinge member 802 in the retained position.
  • the one or more dampener elements 809 can be provided as a hydraulic mechanism 880, wherein a hydraulic piston protrudes outwardly from the recessed surface 805 of the rear plate 808 of the second hinge member 802.
  • a hydraulic piston protrudes outwardly from the recessed surface 805 of the rear plate 808 of the second hinge member 802.
  • the hydraulic mechanism 880 may include a biasing arrangement within the hydraulic cylinder, such as a spring or the like, which urges the piston to extend outwardly from the hydraulic cylinder more rapidly than the retraction of the cylinder within the hydraulic cylinder.
  • the underside surface of the overlapping portion of the front plate of the first hinge member may include one or more recesses 823 to house a top portion of the hydraulic mechanism 880 whilst the hinge is in the retained position.
  • the underside surface of the rear plate 804 of the first hinge member 801 also includes an aperture 826 for tight fittingly receiving therein a magnetic element 825.
  • the magnetic element 825 is located substantially in the middle of the underside of the rear plate 804 of the first hinge member 801.
  • FIG. 10 there is shown a front view of the front plates 806, 810 of the first hinge member 801 and second hinge member 802.
  • the front plate 806 first hinge member 801 includes a first and second arm 814a, 814b defining a gap 816 therebetween which a joining member 811 can pivot therethrough as will be described in more detail below.
  • FIG. 25 there is shown the hinge with the rear plates 804, 808 of the first and second hinge member 801, 802 removed.
  • the inner surface of the front plates 806, 810 include a retaining structure 890 for retaining the joining member 811 which pivotally joins the first and second hinge members 801, 802.
  • the joining member 811 whilst retained between the front and rear plates 804, 806, 808, 810 of the first and second hinge members 801, 802 allows the first and second members 801, 802 to pivot relative to each other.
  • the joining member 811 includes a first end 881 which is retained by the first hinge member 801 and a second end 882 which is retained by the second hinge member 802.
  • the first end 881 of the joining member 811 includes a rounded end forming a semi cylindrical end, as shown more clearly in Figure 29 . Whilst the hinge 800 in the closed retained position, a rear surface 875 of the first end 881 of the joining member 811 lays flush in the gap 816 with the front surface of the front hinge plate 806 of the first hinge member 801.
  • the first end 881 of the joining member 811 includes a first hollow 876 which substantially extends along the axis of the semi cylindrical end of the joining member 811.
  • the first hollow 876 has a cylindrical cross-section.
  • a first retaining pin 835 is received through the first hollow 876, wherein a first end 837 and a second end 839 of the first retaining pin 835 protrudes from opposing ends of the first hollow 876.
  • the first end 837 and second end 839 of the first retaining pin 835 have a square profile, as shown in Figures 26 and 27 , which is received within correspondingly profiled first channel 891 of the retaining structure 890.
  • a body section 841 located between the first and second end 837, 839 of the first retaining pin 835 includes a cylindrical profile, wherein the join between the body section and the first and second ends form a shoulder 842.
  • Each shoulder 842 of the first retaining pin 835 rests against a rear edge of the front hinge plate 806, thereby assisting in securing the retaining pin 835 in the channel 891.
  • the body section 841 of the first retaining pin 835 is able to freely rotate within the first hollow 876 when the first hinge member 801 pivots relative to the second hinge member 802.
  • the first retaining pin 835 includes a pair of retaining grooves 843 located on an external facing surface of each end 837, 839 of the first retaining pin 835.
  • Each retaining groove 843 has a circular profile.
  • the retaining grooves 843 align with corresponding retaining apertures in a side portion of the retaining structure 890 when the first retaining pin 835 is placed within the first channel 891.
  • Each retaining aperture includes a screw thread for receiving a coupling element 821 such as a grub screw or the like. The tail end of each coupling element rests within the retaining groove 843 of the pin 835, thereby securing the retaining pin 835 in the channel 891.
  • the second end 882 of the joining member 811 has a rectangular cross-section and can be releasably secured to the rear plate of the second hinge member via the retaining structure.
  • the second end of the joining member can be fixed or integral with the front plate 810 of the second hinge member 802.
  • a second retaining pin 847 having similar characteristics to that of the first retaining pin 835 can be received through a second hollow 877 located at the second end 882 of the joining member 811.
  • the second retaining pin 847 can be secured via one or more coupling elements 821 such as grub screws or the like as described above for the first retaining pin 835.
  • the shoulder formed between the cylindrical body section of the second retaining pin 847 and the first and second ends thereof rest against respective flanges formed by the retaining structure 890 to thereby assist in retaining the second retaining pin 847.
  • a portion of the retaining structure can includes one or more threaded holes, each for receiving and releasably retaining an external thread of each hydraulic cylinder of each hydraulic mechanism.
  • one or more dampening elements 809 may be located in the joining element 811. With both arrangements, the one or more threaded holes are located such that the overlapping mechanism overlays the protruding piston of the hydraulic mechanism 809 in the closed position.
  • FIG. 23 and 24 there is shown a pair of aligned hollows 830 defining a side surface of the first channel 891.
  • Each hollow 830 tight fittingly receives a magnetic element 829.
  • the joining member 811 includes a hollow 832 which aligns with the pair of hollows 830 whilst the hinge 800 is positioned in the retained position.
  • the hollow 832 of the joining member 811 tight fittingly receives a magnetic element 831.
  • the pair of magnetic elements 829 retained within the rear plate 804 of the first hinge member 801 biases, via magnetic attraction, the magnetic element 831 retained within the hollow 832 of the joining member 811, thereby retaining the hinge members 801, 802 in the retained position.
  • a pair of hollows 834 on the second front hinge plate 810 define a side surface of the second channel 892.
  • Each hollow 834 can tight fittingly receive a magnetic element 833.
  • the magnetic elements 833 retained within the hollows 834 additionally assist in biasing the hinge 800 to the retained position, and assist in retaining the hinge 800 in the retained position 800.
  • the magnetic element 825 located in the rear hinge plate of the first hinge member 801 is also attracted to the magnetic element 831 located within the hollow 832 of the pivoting member 811 such as to help retain the hinge in the closed position. In the retained position, the magnetic element 825 overlays the magnetic element 831.
  • magnetic element 825 and magnetic element 831 are of different polarities to cause an attractive magnetic force, thereby biasing the hinge 800 to the retained position.
  • first retaining pin 851 supports an additional biasing arrangement 859 to bias the first and second hinge members 801, 802 to the retained position.
  • the first retaining pin 851 includes a first and second end 852, 854 which are substantially similar to that disclosed in Figures 26 and 27 .
  • the first retaining pin 851 includes a narrowed body section 858 relative to and located between the first and second ends 852, 854.
  • a biasing element 850 such as a spring, is retained on the surface of the narrowed body section 858 of the first retaining pin 851.
  • a first end 856 of the spring 850 is fixed to the retaining pin 851, specifically a shoulder defined between the second end 854 of the pin 851 and the body section 858.
  • a second end 860 of the spring 850 protrudes from one of the ends of the hollow 891 of the joining member 811. The second end 860 of the spring 850 is buttable against a stop 862 on a top surface of the joining member 811.
  • the first and second ends 856, 860 of the spring fail to move relative to each other until the second end 860 comes into contact with the stop surface 862 as clearly shown in Figure 29 .
  • the first channel 891 of the retaining structure applies torque to the first and second ends 852, 854 of the first retaining pin 851, thereby causing the first end of the spring 856 begins to rotate relative to the second end 860 of the spring 850, causing potential energy to build and be stored in the spring 850.
  • the potential energy thereby biases the hinge members 801, 802 in an opposite direction back toward the retained position.
  • the first and/or second ends 852, 854 of the first retaining pin 851 may be releasably attached to the body section 858 of the first retaining pin 859 so as to place the spring 850 over the body section 858 of the pin 851 whilst retaining the spring 850 on the body section 858 of the retaining pin 851 when the first and/or second ends 852, 854 are releasably attached.
  • the second end 860 of the spring 850 may not butt against the stop surface 862 until the first hinge member 801 pivots through thirty degrees of rotation relative to the retained position.
  • the second end 860 of the spring 850 butts against the stop surface 862, thereby causing the tension in the spring 850 to build.
  • the magnetic elements 831, 833, 825, 829 cause a magnetic attractive force, thereby causing the first and second hinge members to be biased toward the retained position.
  • the hinge disclosed by Figure 8 through to 29 is ideally suited for a pool fence hinge as it biases the hinge toward the closed when the hinge members are moved from the retaining position via the biasing mechanism of the magnetic elements and the spring of the first retaining pin. It will be appreciated that only a portion of magnetic elements 831, 833, 825, 829 may be required in order to retain the first and second hinge member 801, 802 in the retained state. In particular, for the pool hinge application, the hinge may only require magnetic elements 825 and 831. However, for other applications, such as a shower screen hinge, the hinge may only require magnetic elements 831 and 829. It will be appreciated that other applications of the hinge 100, 800 are possible.

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